I’ll explain within the next paragraph what I mean by “common law divorce,” but first a short refresher about common law marriage. Through January 1, 1958 Indiana was said to tolerate common law marriage but not to encourage that arrangement. In the 1956 case of Anderson v. Anderson, 131 N.E.2d 301 (Ind. 1956) a unanimous […]
My last two featured articles dealt with the judgeship of the Hammond City Court. The earlier article of April 21, 2016 was an analysis of Judge Jeffrey Harkin’s appointment of a special judge to serve temporarily during Judge Harkin’s disability. The follow-up article of April 25, 2016 was written in the wake of news of […]